Location: Water World Water Park
Hyland Hills (Denver), Colorado

This extraordinary water-based adventure–over a quarter of a mile long and completely enclosed–includes a plunge down a spiraling 360 degree vortex, ending in the bubbling, steam-filled Hot Springs Cavern; a scary special-effects earthquake; and numerous encounters with frightening dinosaurs of every shape and size.

Honored as one of the top five amusement rides in America by USA Today in 1993, Voyage to the Center of the Earth takes you and your family on an adventure back in time to when dinosaurs ruled. A truly animated "dark ride", your visit to Water World is not complete without experiencing this adventure!
 

“The response has been amazing. I think it’s the ultimate water ride.”
— Greg Mastriona,
Executive Director
Hyland Hills Water World
(Quoted in Amusement Business)


 

An Incredible Journey: The adventure begins in an expedition storehouse where video monitors broadcast news bulletins reporting that a mysterious subterranean cavern has been discovered at Water World. Authorities report that the passageway may lead to the center of the earth, where prehistoric creatures may still exist. The journey begins as two to five-person tube boats disappear into the howling winds of a bat cave. From there, they travel through lakes, caverns, swamps and narrow canyons. Realistic rockwork, prehistoric plants and creatures surround the adventurers: Duckbilled dinosaurs watch you; ancient turtles chew on strange vegetation; large flying reptiles–Quetzalcoatlus–are perched ready to swoop down on unsuspecting riders. The huge sea monster, Elasmorsaurus, swings out from his lair above the waterway, chomping his sharp teeth, and rounding a bend in the river, visitors come face to face with a huge T-Rex, looming twelve feet over their heads, roaring and gnashing his jaws.

The ride was produced in cooperation with R & R Creative Amusement Designs, Inc. of Anaheim, California. Multiple special effects, multiple sound and lighting effects and the realistic animatronic creatures…coming at you, in front of, above, around you…makes the voyage a multi-sensory experience.